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"The deck lurched beneath him, the ship rolling hard to starboard. Steam screamed from the torn plating as men shouted, scrambled, and slid across the tilting deck. Hedley Bellman gripped the hatch coaming -- their ship was dying beneath his feet."
'A brilliant book... gripping and authentic.' Daily Telegraph
'Brings the tragic fate of HMS Invincible alive with dreadful vividness and authenticity.' The Irish Times
'Superb... this is the authentic Navy.' Manchester Evening News
1914. The battlecruiser Invincible sails into the Great War with a thousand men aboard -- and four whose lives will be changed forever.
George Pope, an ambitious Australian who has risen to gunnery lieutenant, hides a shameful illness and a dangerous weakness for another man's wife.
Hedley Bellman, a young English sub-lieutenant from a respectable family, is in love with Pope's wife -- a secret that could ruin them both.
Steve Bundy, a professional boxer from London's slums, chose the Royal Marines rather than throw a rigged fight -- and now must battle for his life on deck and ashore.
Albert Seeley, a child of the Glasgow slums, is forced to enlist under threat of prison, discovering unexpected courage deep in the smoke-filled magazines below decks.
From the slum streets of Leith and the prize rings of the East End, through the training ground of the Worcester and the killing ground of Gallipoli, follow these four men to their inevitable fate on the Invincible as the battleship fires its last great guns of the evening to the west of Jutland Bank
This gripping WW1 historical naval thriller, written by a retired naval officer, is perfect for fans of Douglas Reeman, Alexander Fullerton and Patrick O'Brian.
READERS LOVE THE GUNS OF EVENING
?????????? 'Ronald Bassett again manages to produce a magnificent story, credible fictional characters set on a perfectly drawn historical canvas.' Nicholas T.
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?????????? 'Excellent account of Scapa and hope to read more of Bassett.' Bill C.
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